Nicholas Kratzer
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Nicholas Kratzer (1487? – 1550), also known as Nicolaus Kratzer and Nicholas Crutcher, was a German mathematician, astronomer, and horologist. Much of Kratzer's professional life was spent in England, where he was appointed as astronomer to King Henry VIII.
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 Nicholas Kratzer, 1528 painting by Hans Holbein the Younger | |
| Born | 1487? |
| Died | 1550 |
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